to administer
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4.7
- verb
- /əˈmɪnɪstər/
- Formal
:
administrar
- Congress makes the laws; the president merely administers them.
- administer programs
- administered by the state
- administer funds
You have to have all these provinces administered.
- You have to have all these provinces administered.
- And that is administered in a pragmatic, flexible, clinician LED way.
- From there you do the Marine course, but people forget that Marines are administered by the Navy.
- Now what how do you define a a town square, a free speech forum that is owned and administered by a private company?
- There have to be basic editors that you can use from either the command line or a GUI just for administering systems.
- All we do know is is that guy crossed the line and should face consequences because he started administering punishment.
- Some of them are in the federal government administering the law through regulations so that so when the other another another venue.
- So some of these are jointly administered with schools, including the School of Public Health, and some just report solely to the provost's office.
- Clearly like this isn't the way that we should be administering our medical priority.
- They open the saves, they build a computer on the desk of the guy that's administering the the whole ceremony.
- Those are people who administer genocide, English soccer hooligans and American invaders.
- And his evidence was always that urbanism, could he properly ever administered, be a vehicle for doing this.
Examples
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He administers your business well.
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So we have literally hundreds of thousands of federal employees whose main job is to administer our immigration laws.
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I administer several cases at once.
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And only the best minds should be permitted to administer such power.
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An interactive computer program was developed and used to administer the laboratory experiment and collect results.
Academic text (1999) -
When the NAEP arts assessment items are released, have them administered to the students in your local district.
Academic text (1999) -
I have no choice but to administer the minimum fine, which is $1,000, and an additional penalty of $1,500.
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And now, fellow Americans... the Honourable Chief Justice will administer the oath of office... to the President of the United States of America.
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Ruled from its capital in Istanbul, this huge empire was administered by a vast and complex civil service.
Academic text (1999) -
The committee will administer the new program starting next month.
Synonyms
∞
2.5
To be in charge of a business or organization
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2.1
Deal with a task, person, or situation
643
2.7
To be in charge of a group or a business
510
3.2
To run a business or project and make the main decisions
189
3.5
Watch and guide people doing tasks to keep the work correct and safe
171
2.9
To rule a country using law or force
58
4.1
To be in charge of an activity or group
3
4.9
To be in control of a group or business
2
3.9
To manage and take care of something for someone or an organization
1
5.6
Manage and be in charge of an organization, program or activity in an official way
1
7.0
To manage and direct the work of other people
1
4.1
To manage a website, online group, or server
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Administer comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and minister 'servant', the same root as the English word minister. So to administer a program or funds is to 'serve' or take care of them, which is why the word means to manage and be responsible.